The Quintetto is one of six, published in 1774, for this unique combination of instruments, and I lucked out in having the right people available to play it. The Monteverdi is from his 1638 book, "Madrigals of War and of Love" (as if the two were any different!), and my soloist is a very talented high school girl who is also one of our violists. The Allegri is the famous Sistine Chapel Choir version which was kept secret until the teenaged Mozart heard it sung and proceeded to write it out! (And yes, I have sopranos with high Cs!!) And the Clarinet Concerto is one of the earliest, written about 10 years before Mozart's much better known one but virtually unknown today. My soloist is a student who is good enough to have auditioned for the United States Marine Band, and is now in the military with Uncle Sam paying her tuition.

John

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